Eight dead in Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon stadium crush

Map of Cameroon locating the capital Yaounde where a Monday crush outside a stadium hosting an Africa Cup of Nations game left at least half a dozen people dead.

Cameroon's Olembe stadium has a capacity of 60,000 Creator: Daniel Beloumou Olomo
Cameroon's Olembe stadium has a capacity of 60,000 Creator: Daniel Beloumou Olomo
Eight people were killed and about 50 injured in a crush outside a Cameroonian football stadium Monday ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations match.


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Crowds attempted to enter through a southern entrance at Olembe stadium in the capital Yaounde to watch the host nation play Comoros.

Although the stadium's capacity of 60,000 has been limited over coronavirus fears, the 60 percent cap is raised to 80 percent when Cameroon's Indomitable Lions play.

"Eight deaths were recorded, two women in their thirties, four men in their thirties, one child, one body taken away by the family," according to a preliminary health ministry report obtained by AFP